Defendant in Hamilton drive-by shooting has charges bound for trial

Monday

Mar 17, 2014 at 12:59 PMMar 17, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Andrew Scott

A suspect in a Jan. 14 fatal drive-by shooting in Hamilton Township is headed to trial after multiple charges were bound over today following a preliminary hearing.Brandon Wilson faces charges of murder, conspiracy, tampering with evidence and three counts of reckless endangerment.

Three other counts of reckless endangerment were dismissed by District Judge JoLana Krawitz.

Today's hearing, which was standing-room only, included Wilson's relatives.

Wilson, 19, is charged in the death of Darcey Kravchenko, 39, at Kravchenko's home.

Also charged in the case are co-defendants Kaylynn Bunnell, 20, of Stroudsburg, Jacqueline Harrigan, 20, and Dygunn Mitchell, 16, both of East Stroudsburg, and Bruce Murray Jr., 22, of Tobyhanna.

A state police investigation revealed the following details, based partially on an interview with Bunnell:

Bunnell and a friend arranged through Kravchenko's son, Brandon Kravchenko, to buy Percocet from Terrance Tyson, who was living with the Kravchenkos at the time.

Bunnell and her friend went to meet Tyson on the night of Jan. 13, and she waited in the car while her friend got into Tyson's car. She said her friend came back and told her Tyson had robbed him at gunpoint.

Bunnell then called Harrigan and Harrigan's friend, Murray, and told them about the robbery and that she wanted to get her money back. Murray called a member of the P Stones gang, who gave permission for reputed gang members Mitchell and Wilson to go with Murray, Harrigan and Bunnell.

The group drove to the Kravchenko residence. When Bunnell and Harrigan knocked on the door and Tyson answered, the women asked for Brandon Kravchenko, but Tyson told them Kravchenko wasn't home and slammed the door.

The women then returned to the car, at which point Wilson suggested they “shoot up the place.” After one of the men got a gun from the car trunk, the group then drove slowly past the house as about five shots were fired.

Darcey Kravchenko heard the shots from his bedroom, went to the window to see what was going on and was shot in the head.